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A growing population, a reliance on landfill sites and lack of sustainability led to a new master plan for disposal of the emirate’s waste. ...more |
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Norway has become the first country in the world to commit to zero deforestation. The Norwegian parliament’s Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment made the pledge in a recommendation on the government’s Action Plan on Nature Diversity. ...more |
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In recent years, Chile has invested so much in its solar power industry that the country is now generating more electricity from the sun than it knows what to do with. ...more |
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Illegal logging, mining, poaching and other environmentally destructive trade earned criminal gangs up to $258 billion last year, the United Nations said in a report published on Saturday. ...more |
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![Under attack from beetles, ancient Polish forest faces chop Under attack from beetles, ancient Polish forest faces chop](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_46025e59-0d1e-43f7-8ed0-61fa45bdffff_.jpg) |
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Inside Poland's ancient Bialowieza Forest, birds chirp and bison graze as visitors explore the lush green surroundings, a home to boars, beavers, lynx - and beetles. ...more |
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Scientists have demonstrated for the first time the devastating physiological and behavioral effects on fish exposed to the tiny bits of plastic pollution clogging the world's oceans. ...more |
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The largest Concentrated Solar Power (CPS) project to be built on a single site in the world will begin power generation in Dubai within the next five years, officials announced on Thursday. ...more |
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![U.S. announces near-total ban on African elephant ivory trade U.S. announces near-total ban on African elephant ivory trade](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_05c7e22d-d353-445d-a13c-4001a1c9b33e_.jpeg) |
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The United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Thursday a near-total ban on the sale of ivory products in the U.S. as part of an effort to strengthen protections for African elephants. ...more |
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![South Korea to conduct road emissions tests for diesel cars South Korea to conduct road emissions tests for diesel cars](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_3fe5a698-8f8b-482b-a4a2-f825f333023a_.jpg) |
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South Korea will introduce real-world emissions tests of diesel vehicles from 2017, the Ministry of Environment said on Friday, as Asia's second-biggest diesel car market after India is grappling with smog which often blankets the country. ...more |
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![Clean fuel from 'bionic leaf' could ease pressure on farmland: scientists Clean fuel from 'bionic leaf' could ease pressure on farmland: scientists](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_b6333697-75b4-4697-b5d5-e43ee308aeca_.png) |
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A new clean technology to turn sunlight into liquid fuel could drastically shrink the need for large plantations to grow crops for biofuels, while combating climate change, Harvard University researchers said on Thursday. ...more |
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